I am trying to add a feature of csv download option in my website. It should convert the html table present in the website in to csv content and make it downloadable. Ive be
Using just jQuery
, vanilla Javascript
, and the table2CSV
library:
export-to-html-table-as-csv-file-using-jquery
Put this code into a script to be loaded in the head
section:
$(document).ready(function () {
$('table').each(function () {
var $table = $(this);
var $button = $("<button type='button'>");
$button.text("Export to spreadsheet");
$button.insertAfter($table);
$button.click(function () {
var csv = $table.table2CSV({
delivery: 'value'
});
window.location.href = 'data:text/csv;charset=UTF-8,'
+ encodeURIComponent(csv);
});
});
})
Notes:
Requires jQuery and table2CSV: Add script references to both libraries before the script above.
The table
selector is used as an example, and can be adjusted to suit your needs.
It only works in browsers with full Data URI
support: Firefox, Chrome and Opera, not in IE, which only supports Data URIs
for embedding binary image data into a page.
For full browser compatibility you would have to use a slightly different approach that requires a server side script to echo
the CSV.
There is a very easy free and open source solution at http://jordiburgos.com/post/2014/excellentexport-javascript-export-to-excel-csv.html
First download the javascript file and sample files from https://github.com/jmaister/excellentexport/releases/tag/v1.4
The html page looks like below.
Make sure the the javascript file is in the same folder or change the path of the script in the html file accordingly.
<html>
<head>
<title>Export to excel test</title>
<script src="excellentexport.js"></script>
<style>
table, tr, td {
border: 1px black solid;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1>ExcellentExport.js</h1>
Check on <a href="http://jordiburgos.com">jordiburgos.com</a> and <a href="https://github.com/jmaister/excellentexport">GitHub</a>.
<h3>Test page</h3>
<br/>
<a download="somedata.xls" href="#" onclick="return ExcellentExport.excel(this, 'datatable', 'Sheet Name Here');">Export to Excel</a>
<br/>
<a download="somedata.csv" href="#" onclick="return ExcellentExport.csv(this, 'datatable');">Export to CSV</a>
<br/>
<table id="datatable">
<tr>
<th>Column 1</th>
<th>Column "cool" 2</th>
<th>Column 3</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>100,111</td>
<td>200</td>
<td>300</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>400</td>
<td>500</td>
<td>600</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Text</td>
<td>More text</td>
<td>Text with
new line</td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
It is very easy to use this as I have tried most of the other methods.
(1)This is the native javascript solution for this issue. It works on most of modern browsers.
function export2csv() {
let data = "";
const tableData = [];
const rows = document.querySelectorAll("table tr");
for (const row of rows) {
const rowData = [];
for (const [index, column] of row.querySelectorAll("th, td").entries()) {
// To retain the commas in the "Description" column, we can enclose those fields in quotation marks.
if ((index + 1) % 3 === 0) {
rowData.push('"' + column.innerText + '"');
} else {
rowData.push(column.innerText);
}
}
tableData.push(rowData.join(","));
}
data += tableData.join("\n");
const a = document.createElement("a");
a.href = URL.createObjectURL(new Blob([data], { type: "text/csv" }));
a.setAttribute("download", "data.csv");
document.body.appendChild(a);
a.click();
document.body.removeChild(a);
}
table {
border-collapse: collapse;
}
td, th {
border: 1px solid #aaa;
padding: 0.5rem;
text-align: left;
}
td {
font-size: 0.875rem;
}
.btn-group {
padding: 1rem 0;
}
button {
background-color: #fff;
border: 1px solid #000;
margin-top: 0.5rem;
border-radius: 3px;
padding: 0.5rem 1rem;
font-size: 1rem;
}
button:hover {
cursor: pointer;
background-color: #000;
color: #fff;
}
<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Name</th>
<th>Author</th>
<th>Description</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>jQuery</td>
<td>John Resig</td>
<td>The Write Less, Do More, JavaScript Library.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>React</td>
<td>Jordan Walke</td>
<td>React makes it painless to create interactive UIs.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Vue.js</td>
<td>Yuxi You</td>
<td>The Progressive JavaScript Framework.</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<div class="btn-group">
<button onclick="export2csv()">csv</button>
</div>
(2) If you want a pure javascript library, FileSaver.js could help you save the code snippets for triggering file download. Besides, FileSaver.js will not be responsible for constructing content for exporting. You have to construct the content by yourself in the format you want.
You don't need PHP script on server side. Do that in the client side only, in browsers that accept Data URIs:
data:application/csv;charset=utf-8,content_encoded_as_url
The Data URI will be something like:
data:application/csv;charset=utf-8,Col1%2CCol2%2CCol3%0AVal1%2CVal2%2CVal3%0AVal11%2CVal22%2CVal33%0AVal111%2CVal222%2CVal333
You can call this URI by:
window.open
window.location
To test, simply copy the URIs above and paste in your browser address bar. Or test the anchor below in a HTML page:
<a download="somedata.csv" href="data:application/csv;charset=utf-8,Col1%2CCol2%2CCol3%0AVal1%2CVal2%2CVal3%0AVal11%2CVal22%2CVal33%0AVal111%2CVal222%2CVal333">Example</a>
To create the content, getting the values from the table, you can use table2CSV mentioned by MelanciaUK and do:
var csv = $table.table2CSV({delivery:'value'});
window.location.href = 'data:application/csv;charset=UTF-8,' + encodeURIComponent(csv);
Used the answer above, but altered it for my needs.
I used the following function and imported to my REACT file where I needed to download the csv file.
I had a span
tag within my th
elements. Added comments to what most functions/methods do.
import { tableToCSV, downloadCSV } from './../Helpers/exportToCSV';
export function tableToCSV(){
let tableHeaders = Array.from(document.querySelectorAll('th'))
.map(item => {
// title = splits elem tags on '\n',
// then filter out blank "" that appears in array.
// ex ["Timestamp", "[Full time]", ""]
let title = item.innerText.split("\n").filter(str => (str !== 0)).join(" ")
return title
}).join(",")
const rows = Array.from(document.querySelectorAll('tr'))
.reduce((arr, currRow) => {
// if tr tag contains th tag.
// if null return array.
if (currRow.querySelector('th')) return arr
// concats individual cells into csv format row.
const cells = Array.from(currRow.querySelectorAll('td'))
.map(item => item.innerText)
.join(',')
return arr.concat([cells])
}, [])
return tableHeaders + '\n' + rows.join('\n')
}
export function downloadCSV(csv){
const csvFile = new Blob([csv], { type: 'text/csv' })
const downloadLink = document.createElement('a')
// sets the name for the download file
downloadLink.download = `CSV-${currentDateUSWritten()}.csv`
// sets the url to the window URL created from csv file above
downloadLink.href = window.URL.createObjectURL(csvFile)
// creates link, but does not display it.
downloadLink.style.display = 'none'
// add link to body so click function below works
document.body.appendChild(downloadLink)
downloadLink.click()
}
When user click export to csv it trigger the following function in react.
handleExport = (e) => {
e.preventDefault();
const csv = tableToCSV()
return downloadCSV(csv)
}
Example html table elems.
<table id="datatable">
<tbody>
<tr id="tableHeader" className="t-header">
<th>Timestamp
<span className="block">full time</span></th>
<th>current rate
<span className="block">alt view</span>
</th>
<th>Battery Voltage
<span className="block">current voltage
</span>
</th>
<th>Temperature 1
<span className="block">[C]</span>
</th>
<th>Temperature 2
<span className="block">[C]</span>
</th>
<th>Time & Date </th>
</tr>
</tbody>
<tbody>
{this.renderData()}
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
Should work on every modern browser and without jQuery or any dependency, here my implementation :
// Quick and simple export target #table_id into a csv
function download_table_as_csv(table_id, separator = ',') {
// Select rows from table_id
var rows = document.querySelectorAll('table#' + table_id + ' tr');
// Construct csv
var csv = [];
for (var i = 0; i < rows.length; i++) {
var row = [], cols = rows[i].querySelectorAll('td, th');
for (var j = 0; j < cols.length; j++) {
// Clean innertext to remove multiple spaces and jumpline (break csv)
var data = cols[j].innerText.replace(/(\r\n|\n|\r)/gm, '').replace(/(\s\s)/gm, ' ')
// Escape double-quote with double-double-quote (see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17808511/properly-escape-a-double-quote-in-csv)
data = data.replace(/"/g, '""');
// Push escaped string
row.push('"' + data + '"');
}
csv.push(row.join(separator));
}
var csv_string = csv.join('\n');
// Download it
var filename = 'export_' + table_id + '_' + new Date().toLocaleDateString() + '.csv';
var link = document.createElement('a');
link.style.display = 'none';
link.setAttribute('target', '_blank');
link.setAttribute('href', 'data:text/csv;charset=utf-8,' + encodeURIComponent(csv_string));
link.setAttribute('download', filename);
document.body.appendChild(link);
link.click();
document.body.removeChild(link);
}
Then add your download button/link :
<a href="#" onclick="download_table_as_csv('my_id_table_to_export');">Download as CSV</a>
CSV file is timedated and compatible with default Excel format.
Update after comments: Added second parameter "separator", it can be used to configure another character like ;
, it's useful if you have user downloading your csv in different region of the world because they can use another default separator for Excel, for more information see : https://superuser.com/a/606274/908273